A SS number has become a tax payer identification number and sometime in the 70's there was a big push on, not sure if it was a legal requirement then or not. People who had not needed one before were required to get one. I don't have the time right now to sort and fight thru the SS material <G> Eliz On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Joan Parker <joanparker@intergate.com> wrote: > Hi Genners, > > Below is a snippet of an email with my friend Patty. I've been doing some > research for her and it's fun for me too as I am using it as a learning > curve for a new genealogy software program. I think she is right in her > reasoning, but does anyone know of any other reason? > > J:Also, did you know she lived to the age of 90 passing in 1986? > > P:Yes, I believe my cousin called me when Cornelia passed and mentioned her > age. > > J:Oddly, it appears she applied for her SS number in 1977, I wonder why. Do > you have a clue? > > P:I never heard anything about Cornelia ever being anything except a > housewife so maybe she and ZR never thought she would need a SS number. > Could 1977 (or 1976) be when ZR passed and to process the estate Cornelia > needed a SS number? > > Thank you, > Joanie > Miami, FL > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks Eliz. Sounds right. One other possibility, maybe she needed it to get on Medicare after her husband passed? As usual you and the Roots listers come through. Joanie ----- Original Message ----- From: Eliz Hanebury To: Joan Parker Cc: RootsL Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] WHY A SS NUMBER VERY LATE IN LIFE? A SS number has become a tax payer identification number and sometime in the 70's there was a big push on, not sure if it was a legal requirement then or not. People who had not needed one before were required to get one. I don't have the time right now to sort and fight thru the SS material <G> Eliz On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Joan Parker <joanparker@intergate.com> wrote: > Hi Genners, > > Below is a snippet of an email with my friend Patty. I've been doing some > research for her and it's fun for me too as I am using it as a learning > curve for a new genealogy software program. I think she is right in her > reasoning, but does anyone know of any other reason? > > J:Also, did you know she lived to the age of 90 passing in 1986? > > P:Yes, I believe my cousin called me when Cornelia passed and mentioned her > age. > > J:Oddly, it appears she applied for her SS number in 1977, I wonder why. Do > you have a clue? > > P:I never heard anything about Cornelia ever being anything except a > housewife so maybe she and ZR never thought she would need a SS number. > Could 1977 (or 1976) be when ZR passed and to process the estate Cornelia > needed a SS number? > > Thank you, > Joanie > Miami, FL > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message